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Welcome to the December 2021 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update

In response to recent industry changes and regulatory reforms, the Irish Stock Exchange ("ISE") has amended its requirements concerning suitability criteria for Prime Brokers appointed in respect of Irish listed funds.

On June 29, 2011, the Irish Minister for Finance signed into law the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2011 (the "UCITS IV Regulations") which transpose the UCITS IV Directive into Irish law, and consolidate all prior UCITS legislation.

At the beginning of the year the Council of the European Union (the "Council") announced its endorsement of a package of measures, ...

The China Bond Connect ("Bond Connect") initiative has been approved by the Central Bank for investment by Irish funds

A CCF must have a regulated management company, either a UCITS management company, a non-UCITS management company or an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM), depending on whether the CCF...

Limited partnership law in Ireland is to undertake significant reform in 2019. The Irish Government recently approved the drafting of the amendment to the Irish investment limited partnership (ILP)

The Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") has issued revised guidance (the "Guidance") on the use of financial indices by UCITS. A copy of the Guidance can be found here.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its Work Programme for 2024 (the Work Programme). The Work Programme is structured around the implementation...

The Central Bank of Ireland (the "Central Bank") today published its awaited Discussion Paper 12 ("DP12") on Distributed Ledger Technology ("DLT") and tokenisation in financial services...

On 17 April 2025, the Central Bank of Ireland (the Central Bank) released an updated version of its UCITS questions and answers document (the UCITS Q&A)...

The European Commission has now published its long-awaited additional guidance on how to determine whether a service received from a financial entity should be classified as an ‘ICT Service' within the meaning of DORA.

With ESG now an integral part of the conversation between managers and investors, the Maples Group recently hosted an ESG-focused roundtable to discuss key trends and developments in this space.

Ireland over the past twenty years has established itself at the forefront of the global funds and financial services industry and it is one the few locations worldwide where investment funds are established, managed and serviced in a regulated environment.

Welcome to the March 2026 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds update – ‘Funds Focus'.

On 4 April 2023, the Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") published a new AIFMD Q&A ("New Guidance") that increases the limits for a Qualifying Investor AIF ("QIAIF") seeking